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CHURN.

(Application filed Apr. 2, 1902.) v (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ ALEXANDER O. ENOOI-I, OF MOUNT PLEASANT, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE THIRD TO JAMES H. TURK, OF PLEASANTGROVE, OHIO.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,293, dated November 1 1, 1902.

Application filed April 2, 1902. Serial No. 101,089. (No model.)

To It IQ/b07771 it may concern.- a train of gearing adapted to be operated Be it known that I, ALEXANDER C. ENOCH, either by spring or weight power, or both, and a citizen of the United States, residing at comprises a driver 2, from which the power Mount Pleasant, in the county of Jefferson is taken for operating the dasher-shaft 3. 5 and State of Ohio, have invented certain new Wh n weights are employed, curved arms 4 and useful Improvements in Ch r s; and I extend in opposite directions from the upper do hereby declare the following be a full, corners of the frame 1, and corresponding clear, and exact description of the invention, arms are jointed at their outer ends by a rod such as will enable others skilled in the art to 5, upon which a grooved pulley 6 is free to 1o whichit appertains to make and use the same. slide and turn and over which acord or chain This invention has relation to churns and 7 passes and to the lower end of which is atchurn-power, the primary purpose being to tached the weight 8. The curved arms4 are operate the dasher at different rates of speed dj t bl so as t l vat or lower th 1- without Varying the speed of the motive leys 6and to throw the weights 8 to a greater 15 power, the body of the churn being adjustor less distance from the churn-power. able and e ehullrdheher v g g-ge Olamp nuts 9 serve to secure the curved arms ing of difierent diameters adapted to mesh 4 i an adjusted position. with the driver of the motive power, so to A t nd 10 is located at one side of the operate the dasher at required speed. churn-power and is provided at its ends with 20 The improvement COHSlSllS, essentially, Of cleats, 1- flanges 11, extended upwardly and e mou ting o e churndy wh y between which is placed the churn-body 12. the latte is a juste the aS e -SUPPO U Brackets or plates 13 are secured to opposite adapted 0 te oc With e dasher and ends of the stand and receive set-screws 14, provided with the speed-gearing, and means which pass through threaded openings in the 25 for preventinglongitudinal movement of the l at or flanges 11 and serve to secure the shaft supporting the dasher to prevent escape churn-body upon the stand'in an adjusted poof any liquid from the opening through which sition. A bow spring 15 is interposed bethe dasher-shaft passes. tween the inner end of the outermost set- The improvement further consists of the screw and the adjacent end of the churno novel features, details of construction, and body, o as to admit of a yielding outward combinations of the parts, which hereinafter movement of the churn-body to obviate any willbe moreparticularlysetforth,illustrated, possible binding between the driver 2 and and finally claimed. V the elements of the speed-gearing 16, applied In the drawings hereto attached and formto the outer end of the dasher 3. 35 ing a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a The dasher is arranged to rotate about a side View of a churn and churn-power emhorizontal axis and comprises a tubular cenbodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan ter 17 and radial arms supporting transverse view showing a portion only of the churnblades. The dasher is removably fitted withpower. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the in the churn-body and is mounted upon the 4 churn-b dy an he sher, showing the dasher-shaft 3, which passes through the tudasher-shaft in full and the adjunctive parts bular center 17 and obtains hearings in the cooperating therewith. Fig. 4 is a perspecsides of the churn-body. Interlocking means tive View of the dasher and shaft, the parts are provided between the dasher and dasherbeing separated. Fig. 5 is a detail side view shaft, because both rotate as one part and 45 of the means for holding the dasher-shaft in may be of any formation, and, as shown, teeth position. 18 are provided at one end of the tubular Corresponding and like parts are referred center 17 to engage with corresponding teeth to in the following description and indicated 19 at the inner end of an enlarged portion of in all the views of the drawings by the same the dasher-shaft 3. The dasher-shaft when 50 reference characters. placed in position is held against longitudinal The churn-power comprises a frame 1 and movement by means of pivoted plates 20,

- driver 2.

adapted to enter a groove 21 in the enlarged end portion of the dasher shaft. These plates 20 are pivoted to a side of the churnbody, and their meeting edges are notched to receive the grooved portion of the dashershaft, the free ends of the plates being secured together by-a suitable catch or fastening means 22 and held from outward dis placement by a keeper 23. These pivoted plates 20, in addition to holding the dashershaft from longitudinal movement, serve to prevent the escape of any liquid from the opening through which the dasher-shaft is passed.

The speed-gears a and b consist of coggearing of difierent diameters secured to the outer end of the dasher-shaftin any convenient way, either one being adapted to mesh with the cog-gearing of the driver 2. The lateral and longitudinal adjustment of the churn-body enables any selected element a orb of the speed-gearing 16 to mesh with the A proper adjustment of the setscrews 14 secures the churn-body in an adjusted position. While the chu rn-power may run at a uniform speed, the dasher may be caused to run fast or slow by means of the speed-gearing 16, as will be readily comprehended.

The churn-body is adjusted or moved laterally by hand, the movement being such as to admit of one or the other of the gears a and 1) coming in the plane of the driver 2. The longitudinal adjustment may be effected by proper movement of the set-screws 14 or by hand, as may be desired. After the churnbody has been properly adjusted it is secured, as stated, by means of the set-screws 14 and the bow-spring 15.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In combination, a churn-power comprising a driver, a laterally and longitudinally adjustable churn-body, a dasher horizontally mounted in the churn-body, speed-gearing applied to the dasher-shaft and comprising a plurality of gears of difierent diameter and adapted to have a gear intermesh with the aforesaid driver, and means for securing the churn-bodyin an adjusted position, substantially as specified.

2. In combination, a churn-power comprising a driver, a laterally and longitudinally adjustable churn-body, means for securing the churn-body in an adjusted position, a dasher movably fitted within the churn-body and adapted to rotate about a horizontal axis, a dasher-shaft movably fitted to the churnbody and adapted to support and interlock with the dasher, and speed-gearing at the outer end of the dasher-shaft and adapted to have any one of the same comprising a plurality of gears of diflferent diameter intermesh with the aforementioned driver, substantially as specified.

3. In combination, a churn-power comprising a driver, a laterally and longitudinally adjustable churn-body, means for securing the body in an adjusted position, a dasher removably fitted within the churn body, a dasher-shaft forming a support for and adapted to interlock with the dasher, speed-gearing at the outer end of the dasher-shaft comprising a plurality of gears of diiferent diameter, one of said gears being adapted to intermesh with the aforesaid driver, and means applied to a side of the churn-body to prevent longitudinal movement'of the dashershaft and prevent the escape of any liquid from the opening through which the dashershaft is passed, substantially as specified.

4. In combination, a churn-power comprising a driver, a stand at one side of the churnpower, set-screws at opposite ends of the stand,a churn-body adjustable longitudinally and laterally upon the stand and adapted to be held in an adjusted position by means of the set-screws, a spring between the churnbody and one of the set-screws to prevent binding of the gearing between the churnpower and dasher-shaft, a dasher arranged to operate within the churn-body, and speedgearing applied to the dasher-shaft and comprisinga plurality of gears of ditferent diameter, one of said gears being adapted to intermesh with the aforesaid driver, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER O. ENOCH. 

